“…Even though mitochondria are semi-independent organelles containing multiple copies of their own genome, most of the mitochondrial proteome is encoded by nuclear genes and, thus, regulated by nuclear transcription factors (TFs) and associated cofactors including PGC1α, NRF1, GABPα, ATF5, ERRα and others (Brenmoehl and Hoeflich, 2013;Fiorese et al, 2016;Hock and Kralli, 2009;Scarpulla et al, 2012;Whelan and Zuckerbraun, 2013;Wu et al, 1999). Thus, the biogenesis of mitochondria and the maintenance of mitochondrial homeostasis critically depend on nuclear transcription and through protein stabilization/degradation (Huang et al, 2015) and GPS2 deficiency in mice is embryonic lethal (Guo et al, 2014), indicating the physiological importance of GPS2. Previous work from us and other laboratories indicate that nuclear GPS2 acts as a transcriptional cofactor playing a dual role as corepressor and coactivator for a number of transcription factors Cheng and Kao, 2009;Guo et al, 2014;Jakobsson et al, 2009;Peng et al, 2001;Venteclef et al, 2010;Zhang et al, 2008).…”